Prevalence and correlates of problematic smartphone use in a large random sample of Chinese undergraduates
Long J, Liu TQ, Liao YH, Qi C, He HY, Chen SB, Billieux J
BMC psychiatry · 208 citas
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Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación independiente
- Gobierno
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Universidad u hospital
- Central South University
- Gobierno
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province
- Gobierno
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Universidad u hospital
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University
- Subvenciones
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81371465); Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2015JJ2180)
Según 5 financiadores declarados y la declaración de financiación del texto completo.
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2016-11-17 · BMC Psychiatry · vol. 16 · número 1 · pág. 408
- Editorial
- BioMed Central
- Citado
- 399 citas · más que el 100% de estudios similares · 79.0× el promedio de su campo
- Impacto
- Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
- Referencias
- 87 trabajos
- Acceso
- Acceso abierto (revista) · CC-BY
- Áreas de investigación
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Child Development and Digital Technology
- Palabras clave
- smartphone addiction, prevalence, risk factors, undergraduate students, stress and coping theory, perceived stress, perfectionism, parental expectations, emotional symptoms, humanities majors, household income, Chinese students
- MeSH
- humans, prevalence, risk factors, students, adult, china, female, male, young adult, smartphone, surveys and questionnaires, problem behavior, asian people
7 autores
- Jiang Long🇨🇳🇧🇪Central South University; Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University; UCLouvain; KU Leuven
- Tieqiao Liu🇨🇳 · autor de correspondenciaCentral South University; Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
- Yanhui Liao🇨🇳🇺🇸Central South University; University of California System; Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
- Chang Qi🇨🇳Central South University; Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
- Haoyu He🇨🇳Central South University; Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
- Shubao Chen🇨🇳Central South University; Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
- Joël Billieux🇧🇪 · autor de correspondenciaCliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc; UCLouvain; KU Leuven
Resumen
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Background
Smartphones are becoming a daily necessity for most undergraduates in Mainland China. Because the present scenario of problematic smartphone use (PSU) is largely unexplored, in the current study we aimed to estimate the prevalence of PSU and to screen suitable predictors for PSU among Chinese undergraduates in the framework of the stress-coping theory.
Methods
A sample of 1062 undergraduate smartphone users was recruited by means of the stratified cluster random sampling strategy between April and May 2015. The Problematic Cellular Phone Use Questionnaire was used to identify PSU. We evaluated five candidate risk factors for PSU by using logistic regression analysis while controlling for demographic characteristics and specific features of smartphone use.
Results
The prevalence of PSU among Chinese undergraduates was estimated to be 21.3%. The risk factors for PSU were majoring in the humanities, high monthly income from the family (≥1500 RMB), serious emotional symptoms, high perceived stress, and perfectionism-related factors (high doubts about actions, high parental expectations).
Conclusions
PSU among undergraduates appears to be ubiquitous and thus constitutes a public health issue in Mainland China. Although further longitudinal studies are required to test whether PSU is a transient phenomenon or a chronic and progressive condition, our study successfully identified socio-demographic and psychological risk factors for PSU. These results, obtained from a random and thus representative sample of undergraduates, opens up new avenues in terms of prevention and regulation policies.
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